Wroxton

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Wroxton
Oxfordshire
North Arms, Wroxton - geograph.org.uk - 418934.jpg
The North Arms, Wroxton
Location
Grid reference: SP4141
Location: 52°4’26"N, 1°24’-0"W
Data
Population: 530  (2001)
Post town: Banbury
Postcode: OX15
Dialling code: 01295
Local Government
Council: Cherwell
Parliamentary
constituency:
Banbury
Website: Wroxton & Balscote

Wroxton is a village in the north of Oxfordshire, standing about 3 miles west of Banbury.

The great house of the village is Wroxton Abbey, a Jacobean country house on the site of a former Augustinian priory.

Churches

All Saints' Church
  • Church of England: All Saints
  • Methodist: Goodman Methodist Church
  • Roman Catholic: St Thomas of Canterbury

Wroxton is recorded as having a church in 1217, but the present Church of England parish church of All Saints is early 14th century. A Perpendicular Gothic clerestory and porch were added early in the 15th century. The bell tower was designed by Sanderson Miller and in 1748, paid for by Lord North, who owned Wroxton Abbey.

The tower has a ring of five bells, all cast by Henry I Bagley of Chacombe in 1676.[1] All Saints is now one of eight ecclesiastical parishes in the Ironstone Benefice.[2]

Goodman Methodist Church was built in 1935.

The Roman Catholic church, St Thomas of Canterbury, was built in 1894. It is unusual in having a thatched roof.

Oxfordshire Ironstone Railway

An ironstone quarry northwest of the village was opened in 1917 and worked heavily during the Second World War. It had its own railway, the Oxfordshire Ironstone Railway, which linked it to the Great Western Railway near Banbury. The quarry and its railway closed in 1967. A newer quarry close by is now served by road transport only.

About the village

The Wroxton village flag

Wroxton has two public houses: the North Arms in Mills Lane and the White Horse Inn on Stratford Road. There is also the Wroxton House Hotel.

Wroxton Church of England Primary School is in Lampitts Green.[3]

In March 2009, Wroxton adopted a village flag. It is a distinctive design showing the nature of the area - on a blue field, between the arms of a fimbrated red cross are shown in white silhouette a dove, a leaf, a pick (for ironstone quarrying) and a duck.

Outside links

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References